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1/17/2013 1:43AM

787s Now Grounded in Japan, the U.S. and India

After two battery malfunctions from Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, the FAA is seeking a corrective action before allowing the aircraft to resume flying. The WSJ's Jacob Schlesinger explains what lies ahead for the airplane maker.

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I ... the ... the big East adding Dreamliner is still grounded today after another aircraft had a battery while function ... Cheney me now is Tokyo beer chief Jake plus injure ... intake of ... I think any closer than any of this ... incident is hopping yesterday that there had been another one previously ... at our authorities any closer to really understanding what went wrong ... well all the others do their best the year rate no ... U S authorities are scheduled to arrive in Japan tomorrow Friday ... to join in the investigation so ... read until ... they get their hands on both Japanese and US investigators ... to don the guts of the plane and take a look ... probably not ... I think though there are some things in this accident it may be round out the knowledge of best we can tell ... what's going on and um ... user stories when our time ... I was interesting about this particular accident is that the that from the battery was a different battery than the other ones who suggests that is ... perhaps I'm probably in general the power packs not just one party the plane ... on the fact that the accident took place in the in a different ... country different airline ... I'm suggesting other factors could be ruled out you could say maybe there was a maintenance problem than it was a management problem one particular line ... turning to deal with each passing game with each incident the kind of narrow the range of options on the ... unknowable in focus in on so yes we are getting closer but were not there yet ... ok and ... we have a picture I'm I'm the battery ancillary battery out and ... the first aircraft which I do I was grounded in basted ... after its exhilarating battery malfunction ... they are looking back at a piece of equipment which any right now it really looks like it it was severely burned ... how potentially dangerous of are these malfunctions she she Jetson in obviously it's a concern ... given the grounded but ... it potentially could this have been ... led to a really serious problem on board ... when the ... the ban ... he might be some unseen pictures of the better that was the the the plane in Japan Wednesday the debt ... the descriptions that we got it that sounds similar to what you read sausage are showing now which was the discoloration ... of that ... and that the parents again it was burned ... you know the the the the higher end ofthe in a flying yesterday there was bound for Tokyo Hunter ... aam you made the choice to do the word to the sea landing and gone to the checklist and got an emergency late so ... clearly it was his determination ... aam you know that the better part of valor was due to reduced land in not take any risks ... that said ... all the people who have been involved in this is today even if there's an overheating that it has a number of cautions and in ... the back of mechanisms that are supposed to prevent these things from becoming a serious problem ... when I would know did did that despite the regional reports said that there were signs of smoke ... nominally reports and it's not clear that there was smoke in the passenger cabin ... reading in the cockpit what we do quarter's eyewitness accounts of ... people who are on the plane and also when the ... came out of the new council of regulators the company ... was that there was in the smell of spring aam ... and so you know it it could be this is all a precaution obviously it's not good but we don't know they they really poses a serious danger ... ok and the FAA is asking for corrective action plan before out they will lead to the Dreamliner ... I'm back into the skies ... are we talking to anyone know if this means days of delays weeks of delays ... we don't know ... you know it's it's interesting when ... gelatine a first creditor claims after ... the incident to Intel Komatsu in Japan Wednesday ... aam ... you know they mean is undertaking a day in a time ... of the good ground their fleets on ... the sensor then again that they were going even extended to second and then finally it the ended the day Wednesday they said ok we're not gonna fly Thursday ... in Islam and are taking a bit of time and indirectly hopeful they'll be able to get the back of the air right away ... aam you not easy the FAA action has made a more serious um ... I mean clear that they wanna get a better understanding of their skin if they let the planes flying ... I'm packing it with hopes that it's not can it be ... these are our weeks I would know that this is um ... also in a relatively slow travel periods to the extent that the airlines that do have these claims um ... you know can absorb this can can make all ... arrangements ... this may be about as good a time a year is any guide in order to deal with this ... as you peruse the easing of this money parenting given the fact that there are canceled flights or the airline's really taking a hit ... um does this somehow filter back at the Boeing ... Apple Cooper who's the biggest loser here ... what you mean the airlines have had to cancel flights though the writing of my impression is that the e over time they can ... return to normal route schedules by cycling other claims is a the note ... that this is the relic below play period ... Linehan you know the reason a move to the Dreamliner's is among other things aam ... because it was more efficient planes though and his cycling gold acclaimed unchanged meaning schedules could cost them ... there been some reports and I should stress I don't know how accurate this is or how common this is ... aam they've been in the airline's you lose money on these aam ... that it's possible the Boeing users to be the obligation to do its own choice ... of the industry recently airlines but again I don't know what s really realistic possibility or an ad in clearly ... there is a cost to be born somewhere in here ... the prison as part of the discussion in all the players in the supply chain as to who bears the cost ... of legal find a city ... where what exactly went wrong and where where who's to blame ... thanks very much Jake passenger taking a beer chief joining us for joining us ... for more on that story indebted Des beest dot com I'm Deborah con for The Wall Street Journal digital network